Dogs are barking

Feet hurt. This is an old expression, typically associated with the South and especially concentrated around the Appalachian Mountain chain. Older usage didn't connote smelly or dirty feet, just sore feet.

There is a brand of shoe called "Hush Puppy" and it's is named that as a reference to the expression, "My dogs are barking." In the case of the shoe, Hush Puppies are supposedly so comfortable they can quiet your puppies - that is, stop your feet from hurting.

After walking the mall all day, my dogs are barking.

by berber carpet bomb August 6, 2012

Dogs are barking

So.. this is not a phrase of american origin as suggested in the other definitions. It comes from the Cockney rhyming slang "dog meat" -> "feet" and means my feet hurt.

after that marathon, my dogs are barking.

by medthepirate May 25, 2018

dogs are barking

Translation: "My feet are tired."

I'm uncertain of its origin. I started hearing this phrase around 2002 or so from different people, then it was used by one of the soldiers in "Half Life: Opposing Force"

I originally took this to mean "I gotta take a DUMP!" But have been proven wrong , apparently. Nonetheless I still prefer my interpretation.

I gotta sit down...my dogs are barking!

by MarcM January 20, 2005

dogs are barking

Your feet fucking hurt, stink, and reek.

From the movie "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles"

"My dogs are barking" *Removes Shoes and Socks.

by Mitochondria2009 November 28, 2009

dogs are barking

"dogs are barking" dogs actually refers to ones feet. It is unclear if the term barking means hurt or smell.

after a long day on your feet. Boy, my "dogs are barking"

by creature2 August 26, 2008

Dogs are Barking

If someone’s dogs are barking, it usually means they’re wearing open toed shoes or their feet stink

dude, did you see her sandals? her dogs are barking!

by cheese ball 47 July 16, 2022

my dogs are barking

My feet are hurting/tired.

I just worked a 12 hour shift, my dogs are barking.

by APB15 March 31, 2009